{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Loan Officer Leadership","title":"513. Here's the 10 Hours You're Giving Away Every Single Week","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":915,"description":"Your calendar is packed. You're busy every day. But are you actually getting the results that match the hours you're putting in?\n \nIn this episode, Steve breaks down why doubling your production doesn't mean doubling your hours. Instead, he shares a simple framework called Stop. Start. Keep. that helps you identify which activities are actually closing loans and which ones are just eating your time.\n \nYou'll hear a real story about a loan officer spending 9-10 hours every week in BNI groups and Chamber meetings, only to discover she hadn't closed a single transaction from those activities in six months. The conversation gets honest about what \"busy\" really means versus what \"effective\" looks like.\n \nSteve walks through how to evaluate your time blocks, identify Green Time (prospecting) versus Red Time (everything else), and make a weekly practice of eliminating activities that aren't producing results. He also shares how to respectfully say no so you can focus on what actually makes you money.\n \nBusy does not equal effective. Effective equals closed loans.\n \nWhen you join the 5-Day Predictable Producer Challenge at loanofficerleadership.com, you get access to the Friday Huddles where Steve goes into even greater detail about how to reclaim 10 hours every single week and become more productive without burning out.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/bfSULphNMadIC-GYPmDzC8IAKuBeuW1jlzWp5iAbt5Y/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lZWNi/YjhiNTM2NjI0YWM0/YjU2NzJmMDAwMmJi/OGU4Ni5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}